Damnit, But Okay

Well damnit Iowa State.

Iowa State would be going to the Big 12 Championship game against Texas, except for one minor detail: THE LOST TO KANSAS TODAY!

So Colorado will, in fact, be playing Texas, which is an ass-raping I am certainly looking forward to seeing. I guess on the bright side, either way you look at it Nebraska beat the Big 12 North Champs, because we beat ISU here at home way back, and of course we fucked up Colorado yesterday.

Even the commentators of the game were calling Colorado classless. What a bunch of fucking retards, I wish Colorado would sink into the ground - well, I wish Boulder would, because I like Denver a lot. Boulder can burn til the end of time and I wouldn't do anything to stop it. I'd just add some gasoline.

HUSKERS WIN! HUSKERS WIN! HUSKERS WIN!

This is a big deal for sure, it's about time we can once again say "Fuck you!" to Colorado. I have talked about this before, but CU is one of the most tasteless and disgusting programs in college football. Overall they are just ridiculous and today the Cornhuskers beat them 30-3 to thwart their chances of playing against Texas in the Big 12 Championship. I had to go to work before the game was over, but what I got to see (the first half at least) was awesome. I wonder where this team has been all season. I think maybe it is because the players hate CU that much too that they really gave it all they had and decided even if we weren't going to the Big 12 title game, we sure as fuck were not going to let the shitheads from Colorado go either. This is how classless they are: the student section had to be cleared out for throwing shit on the field. Granted, our student section did the same, as I talked about in a previous post, and in that moment we were no better than Colorado fans, but ours was a one-time (hopefully) thing, whereas this is a constant from Colorado. Extra measures were taken to ensure it didn't get out of hand because of what happened when we played Oklahoma. I feel bad, however, for all the Husker fans who will no doubt have their tires slashed and car windows broken - a staple in Boulder. Win or lose, those worthless fans love defacing any and every piece of property with Nebraska, NU or Huskers on it, as seen in their ginormous win over us back in 2001, 62-36. Those fuckers were pretty blue though when we went to the Rose Bowl anyway. All in all, Colorado sucks and we are and always will be better than them.

Hodge Podge

Lots of stuff going on. Two weeks are going great, except I had my 4th observation today by my supervisor. She's lame and pisses me off, but whatever, I'm done in December. Next week Mrs. Dabbert, the principal, is observing me. I'm excited, she's awesome. I wish all principals were like her, life would be grand.

I'm going home this weekend. Yesterday was my mom's birthday and she is by no means old, but she feels old. Hopefully we can have fun this weekend and she won't feel so old then. I got her season 2 of Quantum Leap on DVD. That used to be our show we'd watch once a week. I miss having traditions like that. I miss Minnesota. I hate Nebraska.

We probably won't get a bowl game this year. Big surprise. Lost to Kansas for the first time in 30+ years. Do you know how disheartening it is to watch a shitty team like Kansas tear down their goal posts? Everyone is going to say blah blah they're not shitty now. This is what I have to say in response: "Fuck you, they always have been shitty and even at our worst (last season) we beat them so shut up shut up shut up." Not the most mature, but it gets my point across. I hate Kansas.

I love FRIENDS though and am actually contemplating blowing a huge amount of money on the boxed set. I shouldn't, but I feel like I deserve a present, so I might. I think when I do buy it, I will watch it from start to finish. I wonder how long it will take me. I can't wait.

Teetz and I hung out last night and watched SVU. Next week's episode advertised a show centering on Olivia again. I wonder why Christopher Meloni and Mariska Hargitay never appear in episodes together anymore. I hypothesized they got into a huge blow-out and can't be in scenes together anymore. Teetz logically pointed out they might just be alternating vacation time, but here are two reasons why he is probably wrong: 1) Who gets a vacation every other week from work and 2) neither had this many vacations LAST season. If anyone knows the real answer, feelo free to share. Also, Teetz got me a way cool shot glass when he was in North Carolina and went to one of the bazillion ACC stores. He even went to Durham, but thankfully did not actually see Cameron Indoor Stadium (you know, the building where the Blue Devils play, the same building my first-born son or daughter will be named after...). He said he drove down Cameron Blvd, but it just wouldn't have felt right to see Cameron Indoor without me. He is so thoughtful when he wants to be.

Sometimes I think some of the people in my life need a wake-up call. I am the way that I am and have been for the majority of my almost-23 years. That is not something that will change over night and regardless of how some people think I "should" be, that is not always how I actually "am". I am aware that not all aspects of my personality are great, while I can be charming and social when I want, I can just as easily be cold and heartless and just plain mean. I am sorry that after all this time some people are now expecting me to suddenly change these things over night because that is impossible, nothing changes over night. I have my reasons for why I act the way I do in certain situations and right now it can't be helped.

I think I enjoy Jack and Coke a little too much. I did some random quiz at BlogThings, as you saw before, and my results came up saying I was an angry drunk. I should try taking it again and answering in terms of EVERYTHING I drink on a given night, not just how I feel when I drink Jack and Coke. Isn't it strange how you feel differently when you drink one thing compared to another? I'm sure mostly it is psychological, but whiskey makes me mean, yet I love it anyway.

The portfolio is going well. I am getting near halfway. I know that doesn't sound very far, but considering all the work that has gone into it, that's damn good. I am anxious to be done with school, and again I have been seriously considering moving to Alaska for a few years to teach up there. I think it would be such a great opportunity and a whole new experience that I would really benefit from. Unfortunately, I wouldn't see my family or friends ever, but it wouldn't be for the rest of my life, and it would make the times we WOULD get to see each other that much better. Who knows.

Days til 'FRIENDS: The One With All Ten Seasons' comes out on DVD: FOUR!!!!! OMG I CAN NOT WAIT I AM GOING TO PEE MY PANTS, I AM THAT EXCITED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Another Loss For The Huskers?

Lets hope I am wrong, considering we are playing Kansas today, but I don't have a whole lot of faith right now. I love my Huskers dearly, but I am a realist, not an optimist. Everyone is so excited because if we win this game we are bowl eligible, but come on people, even if we do get a bowl bid, any team we play is still going to be better than us and thus we will have one more season of mediocrity under our belts when all is said and done. And Callahan is still a douche.

I'm in Burnett again on a Saturday, and I'm getting a lot done on my portfolio. I can not wait to be done with Lincoln and get the hell out of here.

Shame On Husker Nation

I have never been more ashamed to be a Cornhusker than yesterday at our football against Oklahoma. Granted, there was a really terrible call toward the end, but do you know what the response was of the so-called "greatest fans in college football"? It was to throw whatever objects they could onto the field. It was absolutely disgusting and the poorest showing of 'sportsmanship' I have ever seen in my life - and I have attended TONS of football games and sporting events in general in my life. I understand the being angry, it was a horrible call and we had every right to be upset. However, throwing half full water bottles and pop bottles onto the field was ridiculous and I am glad they kicked people out of the game for it, it was so disgusting to see that. One bottle hit one of the members of the chain gang - and he had nothing to do with that call at all! He was simply standing there marking the downs, doing his job, and a bottle hit him. I am not sure if it was intentional or not, but regardless, it should not have happened. Then, to top it off, our "greatest fans" booed our own team. Are you fucking kidding me?! You NEVER NEVER NEVER boo your team, no matter what. I miss the days of Tom Osborne when Scott Frost was booed his first season, Osborned said at the post-game press conference for those fans to not come back the following week because he only wanted true Husker fans at the game. I think Callahan needs to do that too, and Solich should have when fans booed Jamal Lord - yes, I know Jamal sucked, but like I said, you NEVER boo your own team, especially against such a huge rival, and their fans will feed off of that so much. The whole day was disgusting, I was so mad, I was just livid. Husker Nation needs to wake up and realize that we are no where near being the '95 team again, or the '97 team, even the 2001 team (yes I know we got spanked by Miami in the Rose Bowl, but we were still a good team) and we will never get back to that position if our fans continue to act that way in front of the entire country which already hates Nebraska fotball anyway. Way to go guys, you all succeeded in making us look like fools again. Shame on all of us.

Well, Shoot

***Drake's computer still hates pop-ups.***

"The Huskers make Baby Jesus cry" says Drake.

Teetz also summed it up nicely when he sent me a text after the game today:

"FUCK"

No, we were not 'throttled' as I predicted last week after we scraped by Iowa State in a double overtime nail-biter, but yes, we lost. Drake says I have been hatin' on Nebraska all week, but in all honesty I have simply been a realist. I knew it was not completely far out there to say we may lose this game. I am pleased that we played fairly well all things considered, though I don't think anything will erase the memory of last year's 70-10 ass-raping Texas Tech gave us down in Lubbock. I have never before heard the fans at Memorial Stadium silenced so quickly as when Tech scored on their final drive. Wow. It was just, wow. I'm kind of bummed my last Homecoming game went down like this, but still, I am fairly apathetic to the Huskers right now. We had three opportunities to take the win and didn't close it, so we have no one to blame but ourselves. Bill Callahan is still a douche and his Red Zone play-calling is highly questionable most of the time, so when he went into the locker room after the game, he sure as hell had better have taken as much of the blame on himself as I am sure he dished out to the players.

But alas, as I said I am fairly apathetic to the team right now, so whatever. I have a ticket to Oklahoma and that's cool. I think we can beat them, but hey, we'll see.

Whew, We Escaped...Barely

Well, Nebraska survived thus far. After last week, I was nervous for Iowa State and I know I am not the only one who was having multiple heart attacks tonight. Double OT is not good, but we're still undefeated, however I have a feeling that will change when Texas Tech comes to town. For the most part the game was fun, except I was sitting next to one of those stupid females that didn't know shit about football, you know the kind - those that give women who do know a lot about football a bad name because they are horrible fans and don't know what they're talking about. Example #1: When we missed a field goal, this girl says to her friend, "That is ridiculous, absolutely ridiculous, you do not miss field goals, you go to a D-1 school. I think we should say no food for him until he starts practicing a little more." OH MY GOD, ARE YOU KIDDING ME? I really get annoyed with dumb bitches who don't understand the game to begin with and have to ask every five seconds, "What does that mean?" but seriously, if she thinks he is the only D-1 kicker to ever miss a field goal, she is the dumbest girl on the planet and believe me, I know some really stupid people, who luckily I do not have to associate with any longer. David Dyches is a much better kicker anyway and should have been starting this season, but that is a whole other post for another time. Anyway, example #2 of her stupidity: one of our defensive lineman ended up chasing ISU's qb on a scramble and she told him to get his fat ass moving. First of all, that 300+ pound fat ass can still run faster than her any day and second of all, generally the linemen aren't scramblers to begin with. The final straw came when we were given a sideline warning and she is freaking out saying how dumb the refs are and calling them all sorts of names, I was like, "It's just a warning, calm the fuck down for Christ's sake." She didn't say another word the rest of the game, it was glorious. I like making stupid bitches shut their mouths. I just wish that if women are going to go to football games and are going to talk trash, they should at least understand the game to begin with so they don't make those of us who actually know our shit look stupid along with them.

Oh The Horror

***This is being done on Drake's computer again, just so you know there will probably be typos because I can't use spellcheck because his pop-up blocker hates me***

First, before I start ranting about the suckitude of today's football game against Pitt, let me clarify something: a lot of people have been asking if Drake and I are engaged because of some things that were said recently in a few of my posts. No, we are not engaged, I would be a lot less subtle about it if that were the case. However, I don't doubt that it will happen sometime in the next 6 - 8 months. It is something we have talked about a lot recently, and this has to do with me 'The One' post I did a week or so ago. If you found your One, you know. I found my One, and that's that, regardless of how long we have been together.

Now, on to the bullshit: I long for the glory days of Husker Football, when Redouts meant something, when touchdown balloons were sent flying on the first drive of the game, when the band played our school song after touchdowns. Now they play our school song after first downs because touchdowns by the offense have become so rare. If you thought our first game (a win) against Maine was horrible, we somewhat redeemed ourselves by the outstanding performance by the Blackshirts last weekend against Wake Forest. I particularly liked when Bullocks literally ripped the ball from the running back (I think he was an RB) and scored a touchdown. Now, against Pitt, of all teams, our lone score game from our quarterback, who scrambled to even get that. Honestly, today it was not a matter of the Huskers winning today, it was simply that Pitt lost. That's how bad the game was. I just miss the days, like my freshman year and even sophomore year where we rolled people. Granted, my freshman year ended wth a loss at Colorado and then in the Rose Bowl to Miami, but that was also the last class recruited by Tom Osborne...

...and as a sidenote, while Osborne may have been one of the greatest football coached ever, coaching and politics are not the same thing. I am not sure why everyone thinks he will be so great as governor. I know this is almost blasphemy on my part, but seriously, no people, no. Tom should not be governor...

...and also speaking of the Colorado football program, they are quite possibly the most class-less program in the nation. In the season I mentioned where they beat us horribly and went on to win the Big 12 over Texas, they actually had the nerve to put the scoreboard of the game against us on their championship rings. How disgusting, how ridiculous. Oh, and then there are the "minor" incidents involving the drugs, alcohol, and rape that have been going on for who knows how long. Gary Barnett should be strung up and his program should be used to make an example for everyone. College athletes are still college students and should not be treated any differently, I don't care how amazing they are...

...Now back to my rant. Sinley and I for sure are getting t-shirts made to proclaim our "love" for Coach Douche McDouche, and by "love" I mean "contempt" and by "Coach Douche McDouche" I mean Coach Bill Callahan. The shirts are going to be hott. You'll just have to wait and see them, but most likely we will have them by the Oklahoma game. I just can not support a man, no matter how much I love this program, when after a year coaching here he is asked what he likes best about Nebraska and the best repsonse he can give is, "My office." Talk about blatant disrespect for a state that is blindly following him in hopes we can return to the powerhouse we once were. I hate to say it for al of you who really are blinded, but that's not going to happen under Callahan.

"Good News and Bad News"

That's how Taylor described it to me today. So we were at work a couple days ago and my friend Taylor said he was told by one of his sergeants that they may have a chance to go down to New Orleans to help out with flood relief and maintaining some kind of order...

...And while I am thinking of this I have an almost completed unrelated side-note: I was listening to the radio on my way to Belmont today and one stupid DJ was like, "It's my birthday and I don't want to celebrate because I feel guilty about the hurricane." Are you fucking kidding me? I'm sorry, but that has got to be one of the most ridiculous things I have heard in a while, and given some of the people I know, that's saying a lot. These words actually came out of her mouth. Why does she feel guilty for celebrating her birthday? She is completely unrelated to this incident and has nothing to do with it. Yes, we all feel horrible about what happened and many people are doing whatever they can to help, in terms of supplies, money, shelter, etc. but not celebrating your birthday is hardly going to do anything and all you managed to accomplish was to make yourself sound like an idiot. Of course her co-DJ sounded dumb too, commending her for it but saying it was something he could never do. Your birthday is inconsequential to these people and whether or not you celebrate it doesn't matter to anyone, you mean nothing, go celebrate your stupid birthday and shut the hell up...

...and now back to Taylor. I got a voice mail from him while I was helping with Curriculum Night at Belmont, and the exact words were, "Hey hon, give me a call when you get this, talk to you later, bye." Now, this wouldn't have been all that bad, except the tone of his voice was not his normal self, and I've heard this tone before. I heard it in Adam's voice when he said almost the exact same thing to me back in December with, "Sarah, there's something I need to tell you..." and then he told me he was going to Iraq. Well, guess what, the good news is this: Taylor does not have to go to New Orleans or anywhere down south. The bad news: he is on alert and will be deployed again in the near future. I don't know all of the details yet and won't for a while, but there's a high probability he will be going in the next couple weeks/month. Hence, we are going out tomorrow night and we're going to act like nothing's changed and we're all getting ready crunked (as Tom always likes to say). It just sucks because he's only been back since December and now he's going to be going again less than a year later.

On a slightly happier note - I got a ticket to the Wake Forest game on Saturday so I won't be completely without my Huskers this season. I am glad I took Saturdays off, I really need some time to regroup between being at Belmont all the time, and then Office Shithole, and the Testing Center too.

Anyway, that's all for now, I have to get to bed soon, these kids are wearing me out!